Lasagne

Seafood Lasagne is all about pasta and seafood.

The word lasagne means both a type of noodle and a dish made with that noodle. Lasagne noodles are known as “lasagne”.

Lasagne are long, flat, broad noodles which are ideally suited to
layering in a baking dish to make a sort of noodle pie with an assortment of
ingredients which may include meats, cheeses, seafood and tomato sauce.

Most Super
Markets around the world carry lasagne noodles, often in an assortment of
flavours including spinach,
whole wheat, and
plain, and making the baked noodle dish which calls for these noodles is quite
easy.

The history of the name of these noodles is actually quite interesting.
“Lasagne” is derived from the Greek lasanon, which means
“chamber pot.”

The Romans borrowed the word to refer to cooking pots
of a similar shape, and eventually the word came to be used to refer to the
noodles which were traditionally layered in a lasanum, a Roman
lasagne dish.

Many people are unaware of the humble origins of the name for
this popular Italian food, which means that you can trot it out at your next
dinner party and look impressive.

In Italy, lasagne is totally flat, while American lasagne tends to be
ruffled along the edges to help trap sauces.

The best noodles are made from Durum wheat; particularly hard
wheat which stands up to extended cooking, remaining chewy and resilient even
after boiling and baking.

Some cooks prefer to use special no-boil lasagne
noodles, which are layered into a lasagne pan without being precooked.

The
moisture in the seafood lasagne and the heat of the oven cook these noodles so that
they are finished along with the rest of the lasagne.

There are numerous seafood lasagne recipes used throughout the world, since this
Italian dish has caught on in many nations.

All of these recipes involve
alternating layers of lasagne with various sauces, cheeses, and other
ingredients.

A lasagne can contain spinach, eggplant, tomato sauce, meat, and cheeses like mozzarella, ricotta, and Parmesan.

Many
cooks develop their own lasagne specialties, and this dish often appears at
potlucks and big family dinners since it is easy to make for a crowd...

...and Seafood Lasagneis also best served with a light white wine - as usual...﻿